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>> mr. kneel you're like an explod exploded volcano erupted, calm yourself man. the eyes to the right 272 the noes to the left, 285, so the noes have it. the noes have it. >> moments after the vote, prime minister david cameron assured members he would not exercise what is known as the royal prerogative to go to war without parliamentary approval. >> i strongly believe in the need for a tough response to the use of chemical weapons, but i also believe in respecting the will of this house of commons. it is very clear tonight while the house has not passed a motion, it is clear to me the british parliament reflecting the views of the british people does not want to see british military action. i get that, and the government will act accordingly. >> voted down the measure despite a report from britain's

joint intelligence committee calling it quote highly likely the syrian government used chemical weapons. the committee is expected to release it's report to the public sometime tomorrow. we got a hint tonight of what the administration knows. senior u.s. officials telling intelligence reveals senior members of the assad regime preparing for a massive chemical attack and discussing it afterwards. those intercepted conversations include regime members acknowledging the attack was getting a great deal of attention, discussing the wisdom of lying low for awhile and for going such massive chemical attacks in the near future. on the ground un inspectors kept up their work today and expects to leave syria by saturday morning. in new york, members of the un security counsel gathered behind closed doors, the meeting called by russia which is expected to veto any resolution approvaling the use of force which leaves the white house in a loan lee

place. a senior official saying unilateral action may be necessary. now just yesterday, the president made the case that curbing syria's use of chemical webs is in america's national interest. >> what happened is heart breaking. when you start talking about chemical weapons in a country that has the largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the world, where over time their control over chemical weapons may erode, where they are alieed to terrorist organizations that in the past targeted the united states, then there is a prospect, a possibility in which chemical weapons that can have devastating effects could be directed at us, and we want to make sure that that does not happen. >> to that, we said senior officials have reaching out to lawmakers. a short time ago they wrapped up a conference call.

more from dana bash. this conference call, what do you know about it? >> i just talked to a lawmaker on that call and it lasted for more than an hour, close to an hour and a half and the gist of the administration's message is what we've heard publicly, they believe that assad's regime did use chemical weapons, that was the main message. they insisted that no decision has been made with regard to military action. there is no timetable on what or when that would be, but i'm also told even though there were 20 to 25 people of both parties on this call with administration officials, the secretaries of state and defense and others, it wasn't antagonistic. it was a good discussion. they listened to everybody's opinions, the opinions i'm sure as you suspect were varied but nobody said don't do it. one of the questions i had, was what the effect in great britain would be on members of congress. the answer that obama officials gave is that the u.s. is going to do what it needs to do, and

another country will not dictate what the u.s. does. so no one i'm told from administration conceded that the u.s. would ultimately have to go without great britain, but they made very clear that it's not up to great britain what the u.s. decides needs to be done with regard to national security interests. the other thing i can tell you, though, is that this was a non-secure phone call. members of congress, senators were in their districts and states, some of them on cell phones, so they couldn't do this on a secure line. so i'm told there were some answers that they simply couldn't give because much of this is still classified. >> and congress isn't scheduled to come back for another two weeks. is there any chance they will come back and early vote on syria like the british counter parts did? >> very unlikely. look at great britain. i was told before that happened that one of the reasons why even republicans who run the house don't want to call the house back is because they don't want

to have that kind of result. for the most part, even though they are not happy, necessarily with the way the president is or isn't making the case they support the idea perhaps using surgical military strikes. they wouldn't want to put the u.s. in a position to have an authorization vote. i got a e-mail from bob kosher who had a classified briefing earlier today he was kir come spect before feels he would support surgical military strikes against syria. >> thanks for reporting. joining me senior fellow at the hoover institution and fran townsend and christopher dickie editor for "news week" and "the

daily beast." we heard the president saying national security is at stake with a country with a huge stockpile of chemical weapons but if it's designed to change the kak laos, what does it to do protect national security? >> the president is doing it because he said he would this is a very reluctant leader. this is not a war leader. he's not eager to go to war. he put his fate in the hands of bashar al-assad. >> you're saying he put his fate -- >> absolutely. not only that, he made this crisis. he made the world we're in now, barack obama. he refused to back the syrian rebellion and refused to arm them and over rode four of the top advisors in 2012 who said let's arm the rebellion. he refused to give weapons. all the good options were on the front end. he has very, very tight options

now and he will do this very, very unhappy and in my opinion it will not be convincing. it's not somehow or another he'll alter the logic of the situation on the ground with pinpricks. i've written a piece, which i sent to you in "bloomberg" which basically said destroy the regime or hold your fire. if you're not going to destroy the regime, there is no use for a short force. >> what do you think? >> destroy the regime like say saddam hussain's regime and get involved on the ground, occupy the country, spent $2.5 billion a week, kill 100,000 people, i don't think that's a good idea and president obama doesn't think it's a good idea and i don't think the american people believe that's a great idea. >> what about the shot across the bow? >> don't have a limited strike. this idea of punitive limited

strikes is something that's been used by the regan administration, by george h.w bush, by the clinton administration. they almost never work and are almost counter protective. you rattle the cage of what is already a caged animal, angry animal and wind up with more terrorism and action on the ground. i think another point that he made that is very important is that bashar al-assad probably feels he's in control. i don't think we can dismuss the possibility he carried out this chemical attack not in spite of the american warnings but because of the american warnings knowing the response would be very limited and that by his terms, the american image would be one of inadequate si. >> it's impossible to escape the spector of i rock.

>> everybody is looking at it through the lens of iraq or the -- russia looks through it. >> the shadow hangs over this but i think everybody overused iraq. there is more president. president obama could opt for and a good conclusion. look at kosovo in 1999 waged by a dove. i mean, bill clinton has never been viewed as a warrior. they went, we bombed for 78 days and destroyed the war machine and destroyed without american losses. everybody jumps at iraq oz the only temp let. there is other temp let. >> you don't buy that? >> i was on the ground for most of those temp ets they are

discussing and it was a very different situation. first of all, can you imagine this administration or any administration now mustering support for 78 days of bombing, 38,000 bombings? i don't think so. also, syria clearly is not sish ya and all that was following on what happened in 1995 when you had the kro asian army. maybe if turkey wants to invade -- >> that's unlikely, as well. >> john king, what are you hearing about the impact on the vote in england? >> it's disduring. i use the word disduring to come from a senior u.s. official. oddly, though, the impact of this anderson could be, emphasis on could be to accelerate the timetable. remember the conversations we've had in recent days, part of the

iraq hang over or legacy. he needed a vote in the united nations. now that the brits are off the table, the prime minister said he can't participate and second u.s. official said it's possible because the obama administration has no expectations for anything to happen productively it's possible the timetable could be accelerated and the one thing to watch for for administration's concern is getting the u.n.'s weapons inspectors out and they leave saturday. >> they leave saturday. england earlier was talking about waiting for an actual u.n. report. do you see the u.s. waiting for that? >> no. >> you see action inevitable. >> i see action is inevitable. i'll say i share the concern, as you know, about this sort of limited one off strike not having any real strategic effect and we don't understand what the president's strategic objectives are. i'll tell you i think we have to act not just because his credibility is at stake but because there is a threat of the use of chemical weapons. all these other countries, the

arab league, great britain, many of our allies condemned the use of them but not done anything. this is a message not only being heard by bashar al-assad but iran and other countries around the world. there is strategic gop precedence on what weight do we put on the weight of the chemical weapons -- >> do you buy this national security argument -- >> i can't make the connection. i was listening to the president now and yesterday. i don't see how you go from the kind of threat that he's talking about to the united states, to a limited strike having any impact on that. if it's not targeting the weapons and probably wise not to, then what is it going to do? >> i get making the argument of a horrible, horrific humanitarian situation and watch the slaughter of innocents for a long time. i get making that argument. the national security argument, do you buy it? >> i buy that we cannot permit the use of chemical weapons.

this is about -- what the president was saying on pbs i do agree with. this is about there are things we should be roundly against and be clear about that -- >> why chemical weapons, 100,000 people slaughtered, children tortured for years and demonstrators crushed, why is the line chemical weapons? does that make sense? >> if you look at this conflict and say why did we draw this particular red line, i'll tell you what would have been more legitimate, the use of air power against air power against the population. this man had his own air force, his own air force shell and destroy, shell and destroy and nothing was said. you can look at bashar's logic and the bunker where he lives. he has broken every cold in the world and no one did anything to him. so chemical weapons, i mean, just -- there have been so many breaches of the peace in the

case of bizarre al as satashar would have drawn my line on the air power. >> that's right. this is not -- i would have intervened much sooner in the humanitarian crisis but i think chemical weapons and the use of chemical weapons has got to be a place where the world does not want to see that. >> we got -- go ahead. >> the stockpile is terrorist getting chemical weapons and nothing we are about to do would prevent that -- >> and i think -- >> and also, there are al qaeda linked groups, al qaeda inspired groups on the other side who if the regime falls there is concern. we'll talk about that. we'll take a quick break. later on, what can american forces do to syria. what can syrian forces do in return? let us know what you think, follow me on twitter @andersoncoop @andersoncooper. sleeping pills, what you don't know about them is enough to keep anyone up at night.

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welcome back. breaking news tonight. american efforts to win support against syria, britain's house of commons rejecting force and the white house signaling it might take action unlatterly.

back with my panel. this is this real concern we were talking about before the break, say the regime does fall and you have rebel groups, other al qaeda groups and what they may do a sluaughter that could occur who have been supportive of the regime. >> first of all, it's enter mittly tied to the president as well and part of the international al qaeda presidents. >> they are some of the most effective fighters on the ground. >> bin laden tried for years to cook up his own chemical weapons or find them someplace else and there is the potential for them -- a number of them to be delivered into the hands of really bad guys who are opposing the regime of assad. it's a real mess. what i don't see, we don't want to beat it to death but i don't see anything we're talking about doing limits that possibility and, if in fact, if we prove to

bring down assad you might increase the possibility al qaeda might get these weapons. >> do you buy that? >> i don't. i'll tell you why. the population rose under the terror that that country lived under. the people rose in rebel. they will give it to guys that came and only game because the great powers didn't come. the whole idea of came to syria, he came to syria because nobody else came to syria because the powers didn't come to syria. i have faith in the syrian people and faith in the free syrian army and the syrian center. we have already witness in many towns where they have power, people have risen against them. syrians demonstrated against them. so we have to have courage. if you want to do war, you have

to have faith in yourself and other people. i have faith in the syrians i know they don't want to live under the terra -- al qaeda. >> what he is saying is right. i don't worry nearly as much about al qaeda about hasballah. >> they are fighting on the same side. >> they are pro-regime force by the government of iran and enjoyed safe haven in syria for decades so chemical weapons into their hands is a real risk. when you talk about a limited tactical strike and will it have any effect, i worry about the use it or lose it syndrome. if you feel more cornered by even a limited strike, perhaps you launch what chemical weapons you got against the population because you're afraid there will be further bombings. i'm sure military planners are looking at that possibility but

that's a real risk, and so this notion of a limited -- if you go in, go in with a full comprehensive strategy. i'm not advocating boots on the ground but a campaign with integrated air defense and taking out the air power used against -- >> a lot of people hearing you talk throughout the united states are think thing sounds like iraq, the u.s. yet again at a time when we're trying to get out of afghanistan and seeing iraq already now starting to blow up, literally, you know, with car bombs again, although nobody is paying much attention to it, john king, i mean, in -- where is the calculous for the white house in this? are they looking at this with a wider gio political conflict? >> i think the conversation you're having with very smart people right now understand e scores the problem with the administration, the challenge right now. if this happens, we assume it well, if it goes well, however

we define well, we'll forget about it. this is one of the most confused messed up neighborhoods in the world and there is no clarity and on this phone call with congress, the answer was not a classified call is that the administration cannot clearly explain the goal of the military strikes, what do they want syria to look like the day after, week after and month after they do this? that's the challenge for administration because of the complexities you're talking about, and the communications up to this point from administration have frankly been very confusing. you have state department people saying one thing, pentagon people saying another, people at the white house saying something else. that will be forgotten if it goes well. if it does not go well, imagine you're having this conversation. this was the president who made his name saying he would get us out of the middle east and not act unlatterly and reestablish credibili credibility. at the moment and i think your guest would agree with me, one of the challenges for the president and people think we're past the point of in return, he's being told his credibility

is at stake now if he does nothing. >> you don't put much stock into this credibility -- >> anderson, if making war gives you credibility as a president, then we would have to say george w. bush has more credibility than just about any president in history. i don't think most americans feel that way, frankly, because i think they feel we got into a very bad war in iraq that paid very few returns for the american people and if you want to make war, you have to do this. the american people don't want to make war. they don't want to do it. >> forgive me, it's part of -- i think you said iraq too many times but nevertheless -- >> i think we -- >> the description of a leader is to explain to a public, a reluctant public is reluctant about all wars, all wars but the job description of a leader, elect a president who will explain to the american public what the stakes for them are in a world where chemical weapons and mass murder near a country on the mediterranean, land like

syria that this goes on for three year asks we pay it no attention. it's part of the job description to explain to -- >> on the ground -- if you don't have a force on the ground that can take over, then what do you accomplish with even a much more significant operation against -- >> final thought and we got to go. >> i think we already talked about this. i think there were many, many good choices on the front end of this and barack obama did not make those choices. >> appreciate you-all being on. coming up, assad's firepower, a look at what the united states has to consider when it comes to the capabilities. what do they have on the ground there. i'll talk to our panel next and later, when was the last time you actually had a good night's sleep. all most 9 million of us in the united states are taking prescription sleeping pills. i'll talk it over with dr. sanjay gupta ahead.

breaking news tonight on what the obama administration knows about the chemical weapons attack that has the united states considering attack on syria. senior u.s. officials tell cnn intercepted conversations reveal senior members of the assad regime preparing for a massive chemical attack and said it got a lot of attention and would be wise to lie low for awhile there is shelling in damascus after the attack.

the question is what are the syrian regime's military capabilities and what does the united states have to consider in making the decision whether to make a strike. joining me now is james spider marks and the institute for the study of war. we know what the u.s. has in terms of capabilities, five destroyers in the mediterranean, what are assad's military capable of. >> the syrian army has a short track record with terms of military successes. they have not been successful for years in terms of application l force in the region. clearly, since the insurgeon see has been in place they have a great deal of success. assad we thought was a dead man walking a year ago. he gained incredible strength. so assad has capability ies and

has hasballah on his side that is fully a part of the fighting force on the ground now. so it's a capable military. it has not been completely degraded. his air force is in place and has a navy. he's got conventional forces and not demonstrated hesitation in terms of using it. >> in terms of chemical weapons, is it true you can't strike the sites because that could detonate the weapons themselves? >> without getting into a full explanation, you could strike the sites and you can destroy them, and you can minimize the down wind hazard that would ensue. so there is a way to do that to control it. all the discussions so far have been we intend not to do that, but what the intent is to strike assad's ability to deliver. in terms of a military imperative, there doesn't seem to be one relative to the issue of chemical weapons. >> so chris, we hear a lot of bluster from russia and iran,

the head of the counsel warning of quote the imminent destruction of israel is that tough talk from russian iran, is it tough talk? >> there is a very real concern but we have to look at the history how they project force. overwhelmingly that is through surrogate forces such as hasballah. on one hand they have significant forces engage in syria, on behalf of the assad regime and on the other hand they are completely busy in lebanon defending themselves from car bombs from activists reacting to the has bnidal mali hasan -- hasballah. we need to take into consideration art calculations but not something that should detour us from acting in strategic interests. >> general, there is a lot of talk about this being cruise missile strikes not wanting to

have u.s. planes, you know, over the skies of syria, u.s. pilots at risk, how capable are the anti-aircraft capabilities of the syrian regime? do we know. >> they do have an integrated air defense capability, but the launching of cruise missiles will be able to penetrate that not easily but it will be done and the united states will make an effort to blind and attack those integrated air defense systems as a top priority on that target list that will be in place. i think the bottom line is if we launch cruise missiles, they will strike. they will hit their intended targets. that's only the start of what could be a nasty engagement that we get drawn into in levels and in locations and to a degree that the president indicated he wants to avoid. >> chris, to the u.s. capabilities, you were a targeter in charge of strike planning, you were in charge of targeting cruise missiles. what kind of damage can missiles

like this do and not do? >> when you talk about tomahawk cruise missiles, very accurate missile effective against a range of targets. it's not effective against specific targets. we have tactics and procedures for attacking chemical weapons in storage. tomahawk missile is not best for that. it would be for the syrian air force, control towers, radars, fuel bunkers, runways, anything like that the tomahawk would be good for. for a chemical weapons depot, not so much. one item i want to point out regarding the integrated air defense system of syria, it is somewhat credible but it is old and it's manned by men that do not have the same level of training or spare part support that we would have. the last point i would like to make is the syrian air force cannot defend against multiple

attacks from the israeli air force. if they can successfully attack targets in syria, my expectations the u.s. navy and air force can, as well. >> good advice and information. next, a reality check on sleeping pills. important information you need to know. dr. sanjay gupta joins me ahead. the hanna anderson kidnapping case is cut and dry. the teenager's great aunt isn't so sure. what she told drew griffin ahead. [ male announcer ] this is pam. her busy saturday begins with back pain, when...

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well, americans relying on prescription sleeping pills more than ever. a five-year government study found that nearly 9 million american adults use prescription sleeping pills or sedatives. experts believe there is millions more who use over the counter sleep aids. the study doesn't say if that's good or bad but it says many of us are using drugs to help us sleep. dr. sanjay gupta joins me now. sanjay, 9 million using sleeping aids, that's a huge number. >> it's huge and more people are turning to them than ever before and it's been going on for sometime. people are turning to these

pills more than they have in years past and often times turning to them very early on. so, as quickly after they develop sleep problems going to the sleeping pills earlier than they had before. >> and the study found that certain groups of people, women, older individuals, they are taking sleep aids more than others. >> it will surprise a lot of people, the most common group of people were actually people in their 80s. so older people, they were typically more likely to be women versus men, and more highly educated soft you have highly-educated older women that fit the most common category of using the sleep aid. >> i thought middle-aged tv anchors would probably be in the highest category, actually. it's interesting -- >> some that i know are -- >> yes, i know, sadly. the same study suggests a lot more people trying non-prescription remedies, does that concern you? >> well, you know, i think there is good options out there for people who don't want to go straight to a prescription

medication. the problem is the poet can vary. it can linger into the next day. you can have significant daytime sleepiness. >> is it the same sleep? is the sleep you get after taking an ambien or something, the same as regular sleep? >> it doesn't appear to be. it's sort of deep sleep that you get -- the amount of time you spend in the deep sleep may be reduced in response to some sleep aids. you may still wake up thinking wow, i just slept a very good night and i think it can be helpful for people having trouble sleeping but overall, you may not have gotten the same amount of deep sleep and may have drowsiness and may need to -- people will take the sleeping pills over and over again. really, they are not designed to be taken more for than, you know, several, maybe a few weeks at most in a row. after that it may not offer as much benefit, maybe even harm.

>> it doesn't come without risk. we talk about ambien or i take it after a glass on wine, you see on no uncertain terms that's a big mistake. >> i was pretty hard on you, wasn't i? >> i still do it. >> you still do it? >> every now and then. >> only because i care, anderson. the way these drugs work is depress your central nervous system, slow it down. by itself it can be effective as a sleep aid. once you layer other things, in this case alcohol or something else, you get an ex pa neshl effect here. when you go to sleep, eventually, your drive to breathe may be impaired and can cause real problems. by the way, people on ambien, you can have complex disorders, you hear about sleep driving for example, people sleep text. you sleep text. you sent me some crazy texts -- >> no, i didn't.

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a 360 follow up, nearly three weeks after hanna anderson was rescued, there is no clear answer why james dimaggio did what he did. the tragedy spun out half a dozen theories, one coming from lora dimaggio, his sister saying her brother was possibly a victim. here is what she said. >> i remember very vividly telling my brother she's -- she's trouble. she's going to -- she's -- i said you need to watch out for that one. she's trouble. >> if as you believe she was

trouble, then it may well be that your brother became infakuated with her, with this young woman -- >> i know that, you know, jim did express at that time that she stated she was, you know, very upset with her mother. she blamed her mother for her father moving to tennessee. in my heart of hearts, i think that hanna perhaps got herself into a situation that she couldn't get herself out of, and i do believe that my brother gave his life to protect her. >> gave his life to protect her. a lot of people obviously found those remarks incredibly offensive. anna anderson is a 16-year-old girl that lost her mother and brother. we don't know what she endured before the rescue. drew griffin has the latest. >> reporter: hanna anderson arrived at the memorial service in an upbeat mood. family members say it's a fa sat. her family says she's confused not sure how to act.

according to even those in her own family, there are many unanalyzed questions, why did a long-time family friend named jim dimaggio kill hanna anderson's mother christina a and-year-old brother ethan. what led dimaggio, as though forties believe, to leave behind timers that would set his californ california dessert cabin ablaze and a question for more delicate for members of hanna anderson's own family, why did dimaggio allow hanna to survive and in fact, kidnap her on a 1,000 mile journey to idaho. >> maybe this man was terribly infatuated or more with hanna, and it looks like it was very premedicated in my view. >> reporter: in fact, there is more evidence dimaggio may have been infatuated with a 16-year-old girl who grew up calling him uncle jim.

hanna anderson's friend marissa chavez recalled a car ride with uncle jim and an awkward admission. >> he said don't think i'm weird or creepy uncle jim, i just want you to know if you were my age, i would date you. >> in the beginning, i was a victim but now knowing everyone out there is helping me, i consider myself a survivor, instead. >> reporter: hanna anderson's brief comments on the nbc today show confirm what little police have said. hanna anderson is a victim. >> i want to emphasize that during the law enforcement interviews with hanna, it became very clear to us, very clear, that she is a victim in every sense of the word in this hohor crime. from the time of her abduction, to her recovery in idaho by the fbi's hostage rescue team, she was under extreme, extreme duress. >> reporter: two weeks after making that statement, nothing has changed here at the

sheriff's department. their investigation has found hanna anderson was nothing more than a victim in this case, pure and simple. jim dimaggio was the perpetrator and he is dead. the case closed. it is cut and dry. >> for them it's cut and dry -- >> reporter: jennifer willis is the late christina anderson's aunt born three years apart, more like sisters. >> i get a feeling it's not as cut and dry as it seems. i get this feeling i don't know how he could have done something like that to his friends. i don't feel at ease about it at all. it's not cut and dry. >> reporter: for years, jim dimaggio was the family friend. the cabin dimaggio owned an hour outside of san diego was the anderson family get away but willis says in the past year family dynamics changed. christina and brett anderson separated. brett anderson moved to tennessee. then according to jennifer willis, dimaggio began to face

financial troubles that eventually led to foreclosure on the cabin they loved. jennifer talked to christina just days before her murder. >> she came to me and said he's having a hard time. he's losing his house. she's short on money. doesn't know what to do. he's depressed and went there to be by his side one last time. that's the kind of person she was. dropped everything and went there for him. >> reporter: that's apparently when dimaggio snapped. christina and ethan's bodies, or what was left of them, was found in this burned down cabin. ethan's body so badly charred, an autopsy couldn't determine the exact cause of death. christina anderson was hit in the head, wrap in a tarp and left to burn leaving a host of unanalyzed questions including why. >> beside the fact for him, he's sick, he's a monster, he did what he did, why did it have to happen to them? >> reporter: why did it have to happen to tina and ethan and not

to hanna? >> right. >> reporter: i mean, i hate to ask these questions almost because we're dealing with a teenager, but was there any relationship between her and jim dimaggio? >> none that i'm aware of. none that anyone was aware of. i would never have imagined anything like that with her. >> reporter: amist the turmoil, hanna anderson's family is trying to determine what happens next. the teenager is dealing with the loss of her mother and brother, and the sudden return of her biological father, a man who returned from tennessee hiring a publicist for his book and movie deals and telling hanna's extended family his daughter will live with him. through that same publicist brett anderson turned down cnn's request for an interview. >> hanna is back, safe and okay and from there i think it should be left alone. >> reporter: relatives say hanna will return to high school here

in the next few days and try to live, quote, as normal life as possible. >> drew, there are a lot of unanswered questions, especially about the families on both sides. the sheriff's office basically strapped talking, right? >> that's right. they really have not released anything in the past week. the only thing that is left to learn here, anderson, is the toxicology report on jim dimaggio. is there anything in his system that could explain why he did what he did? those results should be back within a couple weeks and maybe, maybe released, anderson. >> for the connection between dimaggio and hanna anderson and motive, police are still investigating, correct? >> they are and what is taking place is they are wrapping up reports. that doesn't mean thoems se rep will be released. they believe the case is wrapped up. jim dimaggio killed two people, kidnapped a third, died in a police confrontation. that's the end of the story according to police.

california law does not require investigative reports which is being put together now to be released and they most likely won't be. as far as hanna anderson is concerned, i talked to the sheriff this past sunday night, most of that conversation was off the record but he did say this, this girl is a minor. her privacy is protected, and it will be protected by his office. even if that means not sharing information with members of jim dimaggio's family or even hanna's family. anderson? >> appreciate it. thanks. we wish her the best certainly. we'll be right back. alert.

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